- The Department of Justice established an administrative enforcement model in 1992 for the collection of support. The Office of Support Enforcement (OSE) was established on February 11, 2008 and receives its authority from the Support Enforcement Act.
- Since February 2008, all support orders made by the Court of King’s Bench Family Division are automatically filed with the OSE; however, parties may apply to opt out of the program at any time during the lifecycle of their case.
- New Brunswick has reciprocal agreements with most Canadian provinces and territories and with several foreign countries to recognize each other's family support laws. When the support payer resides outside New Brunswick, the OSE may register the support order or agreement with the reciprocating jurisdiction who will then enforce the file on the OSE’s behalf.
- On average, 10,000 cases are enrolled with the OSE at any point in time.
- Over the last three years, an average of $55.5 million in support payments was collected for New Brunswick families. This is a collection rate of 96%.